Posts by Millie Jasper

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced three Holocaust Survivors have joined their Speakers Bureau. Dr. Victor Borden is the son of Holocaust survivors Rywen (Roman) and Mina Bornsztajin (Bronstein), who were born and raised in Lodz, Poland from prosperous families. Victor tells the chilling story of his…

A group of local second-generation Holocaust survivors have written and published a book documenting their families’ experiences during World War II. Testaments of Courage in the Holocaust is a compilation of true stories told by the authors that describes the courage and resilience of their family members who escaped the Nazis’ final solution. “Putting this…

On Wednesday, January 31st the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and the Ossining Public Library hosted a live theatrical performance of Letters from Anne and Martin, a unique production featuring actors that combines the iconic voices of Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The performance portrayed by actors from The Anne…

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This featured article in LoHud reviewed education efforts at schools in the Hudson Valley and New York State as reported by the journalist that “The passionate reactions of young people to the Israel-Hamas war have reminded many of the outcry over the Vietnam War.” and answer to the question: “But what do New York students…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center hosted their 9th Annual Human Rights Institute for Middle School Student Leaders on November 15th, 16th and 17th at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester in Rye, New York. Students and teachers from 37 public and private middle schools in the Hudson Valley attended. HHREC staff and area educators facilitated…

Education is what other experts offered as some of the most important parts of each Kristallnacht. “Our hearts are heavy, as we enter this Kristallnacht,” said Millie Jasper with the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center. She said education is one of the most valuable ways to mark Kristallnacht each year, and especially this year.…

HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg was featured in this story published by The Journal News about racism and antisemitism in the Hudson Valley and our role working with area schools and their students to work through these issues. https://lnkd.in/eGgxBHn5

North Salem High School students create artwork inspired by their Holocaust studies for Yom HaShoah. The student award winners previously attended the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration presented by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and Westchester Jewish Council. North Salem and Somers students lit memorial candles during the ceremony at the Garden of Remembrance…

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center  (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced that Yonat Assayag has joined their Board of Directors, and Rika Levin has joined the HHREC Advisory Board. Yonat Assayag is member of the HHREC GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau and is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. She is a Partner at ClearBridge…